CCCWC February competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 7

A clue to WETLANDS.
4 comments refer to this clue (from 4 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue

1.	What does the surface mean?
2.	Simple, tight surface.
3.	It might be better to rewrite this as a single sentence, something like "Bogs where lads went astray?" perhaps
4.	If "bogs" is the definition then what is "here" for?